Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Top 26 Films of 2017
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Always Shine
1. 25 Best Films of 2016: David Ehrlich
2. 50 Noteworthy Films of 2016: Glenn Kenny
Green
1. 27 Best Movies of 2012: Richard Brody: New Yorker

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Luck and Strange David Gilmour
A Colony in a Nation Chris Hayes
Incendies Denis Villeneuve
On Hell Johanna Hedva
The Topeka School Ben Lerner
The Big One
Yenbett Noura Mint Seymali
Bad Mexicans Kelly Lytle Hernández
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Image Control Patrick Nathan
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
Tully Jason Reitman
White Roses, My God Alan Sparhawk
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman

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